licitar
Sign in to saveAlso known as Licitars
Licitars (; ; ) are colorfully decorated biscuits made of sweet honey dough that are part of Croatia and Slovenia's cultural heritage. They are a traditional symbol of the Croatian capital Zagreb. They are used as an ornamental gift, often given at celebrations of love such as weddings and Valentine's Day.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, licitar is referenced by 100 other articles, and connects out to Croatia, Slovenia and UNESCO.
It sits within the topics Croatian cuisine, Culture in Zagreb and Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Licitar
- Food.image
- Licitars2.jpg
- Food.caption
- Licitar Hearts
- Food.region
- Croatia
- Food.course
- Dessert
- Food.type
- Biscuits
- Food.main_ingredient
- Honey, flour, eggs, water and natural colours
- Intangible heritage.ICH
- Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia
- Intangible heritage.State Party
- Croatia
- Intangible heritage.ID
- 00356
- Intangible heritage.Region
- ENA
- Intangible heritage.Year
- 2010
- Intangible heritage.Session
- 5th
- Intangible heritage.List
- Representative
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Slovenian cuisine
- Country of origin
- Croatia
- Image
- Licitars2.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Licitar
- described at URL
- ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00356
- intangible cultural heritage status
- Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
- course
- dessert
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History and tradition
- Ingredients and preparation
- Contemporary use
- See also
- References
- External links
Licitars (; ; ) are colorfully decorated biscuits made of sweet honey dough that are part of Croatia and Slovenia's cultural heritage. They are a traditional symbol of the Croatian capital Zagreb. They are used as an ornamental gift, often given at celebrations of love such as weddings and Valentine's Day.
In 2010, UNESCO added the Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia to the "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage" for Croatian culture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “licitar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.